Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PhD student in Curriculum Planning, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr Branch, Azadshahr, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr Branch, Azadshahr, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr Branch, Azadshahr, Iran
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr Branch, Azadshahr, Iran.
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to analyze and explain the assessment and evaluation strategies in the first secondary school curriculum. The research approach is qualitative with a conventional content analysis method. The study population was key experts in the evaluation and valuation of Golestan province who participated in the research through semi-structured interviews using property-based sampling method. The aim of the present study is to analyze and explain the assessment and evaluation strategies in the first secondary school curriculum. The research approach is qualitative with a conventional content analysis method. The study population was key experts in measuring and valuing Golestan province who, using criterion-based snowball sampling method, 20 data saturation individuals participated in the study through semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using MAXQDA coding method and software in three steps of discovering concepts, subcategories and main categories. Based on the findings, assessment and valuation strategies in the junior high school curriculum are classified into four main categories: hierarchical, inclusive, specialist-oriented, and mixed. A hierarchy based on purpose and action-oriented, inclusive, need-based, expert-centered, as well as mixed, can be considered as participatory and multidimensional. The findings indicate that the first intermediate course of our country faces a great challenge in the field of assessment and evaluation in the curriculum. Therefore, it will be possible to solve it with the correct application of assessment and valuation strategies in the curriculum of this course by teachers by holding training workshops.
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